One of the most popular video game of all times would be Halo 3 which is a part of the Halo series and the sequel to Halo 2 and it was designed particularly for the Xbox 360 gaming console. In fact in the very first day when it was launched, Halo 3 managed to garner a whopping amount of around US$ 170 million within a period of twenty four hours. For this certain amount of credit should also be reserved for the marketing professionals who conceptualized certain techniques like excerpts from the original game in order to saturate enormous hype prior to its release. Halo 3 has been rated highly by all the premier publications like Metacritic, GameSpy, IGN etc.

This story of this first person shooter game revolves around the interplanetary conflict between the alien species known as the Covenants and the mortals headed by the United Nations Space command. The setting is the 26th century and the purpose of the game is to protect the Earth from the aliens. The player assumes the role of the Master Chief who is ably assisted by Mariners and also a group known as Covenant Elites who in their turn are lead by the Arbiter.

There are several innovations with reference to the weapons used in Halo 3 when compared against its predecessors. These include ‘support weapons’ like flamethrowers and machine gun turrets. There were also certain other arms used which have definite functions like the Radar Jammer which is used to obstruct the enemy’s power of vision, Trip Mines and Power Drainers for causing harm or even killing. The various vehicles which constitute the game are also technically superior and some are A-I controlled while majority can be operated by the player himself. There is also a concept called the ‘meta-game’ in which the players earn points by overcoming their opposition with the swift use of strategy and physical strength and the more novel the means, the more points he scores.

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